| | Law Firm in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| | Address | | Popular Center Building, 208 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 1400 | | San Juan 00936-4924, Puerto Rico | | | |
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| Casellas Alcover & Burgos P.S.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Counseling in Distribution, Puerto Rico Law 75, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Insurance Defense, Health Law, Public Contracts, and Procurement, Intellectual Property, Copyrights and Trademarks, Products Liability and Torts, Labor Law, Employment Discrimination and First Amendment Defense. | Firm Profile:
With 20 years of large law firm experience and over 60 reported federal cases to their credit as lead attorneys, Casellas Alcover & Burgos, P.S.C. strives to be the leading litigation boutique law firm in Puerto Rico offering full, responsive and reliable client-oriented support at competitive rates to Fortune 500 companies, local and multinational corporations, and individuals. | | Firm Size: 5 | Representative Clients:
Accenture de Puerto Rico; Bertram Yachts; Allied Universal Corp.; Armstrong World Industries; Bose Corporation; Foodtown Inc.; Hershey Foods Corp.; Hewitt Associates; J.P. Morgan Chase; Kellogg Company; Méndez & Co. Inc.; Mercedes Benz USA; Microsoft Caribbean; NBC/Telemundo; Pfizer Caribbean Corp.; Puerto Rico Telephone Company; Rip Curl Inc.; Scientific Games Corporation; Teva Pharmaceuticals. | | PARTNERS | | Ricardo F. Casellas (Partner) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Puerto Rico. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Boston University (J.D., 1985). Law Clerk to: Hon. Juan R. Torruella, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 1986-1987; Hon. Jose A. Fusté, Judge, U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico, 1986; Hon. Justo Arenas, U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico, 1985. Author: Puerto Rico Law Section, Monograph, "Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements," American Bar Association, 2d ed., 2003; "Puerto Rico Dealerships and Permanent Injunctions do not Mix," Vol. 32 Inter. Am. U. Law Rev. 67, 1997. Mediator, Civil Panel, U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico. Federal Bar Association (President-Elect, Puerto Rico Chapter). Practice Areas: Litigation; Distribution; Franchising; Antitrust; First Amendment Law. Email: Ricardo F. Casellas | | César T. Alcover (Partner) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Puerto Rico. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (J.D., summa cum laude, 1988). Editor, Interamerican University Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy at the University of Puerto Rico Law School. Member: Federal Bar Association (Board Member, Institute of Continued Legal Education). Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care Law; Trademarks; Copyrights. Email: César T. Alcover | | Heriberto Burgos Pérez (Partner) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 21, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Puerto Rico. Education: Cornell University (B.A, 1982); University of Puerto Rico Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Senior Law Clerk to, Hon. Carmen Consuelo Cerezo, Judge, U.S. District Court, Puerto Rico, 1987-1989. Practice Areas: Litigation; Information Technology; Public Contracts; Procurement. Email: Heriberto Burgos Pérez | | JUNIOR PARTNER | | Manuel A. Pietrantoni (Junior Partner) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Puerto Rico. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1998; J.D., 2001). Author: "Unbranded or Generic Products Sold to Distributors in Puerto Rico," Commercial Litigation, Commercial Defense Research Institute, June 2007. Member: Federal Bar Association (Board Member and National Delegate, Puerto Rico Chapter). Practice Areas: Litigation; Distribution; Franchising; Torts. Email: Manuel A. Pietrantoni | | —————————— | | Arlene V. Patino-Lorenzo (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Puerto Rico. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. | | Rhaiza Velez Plumey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Puerto Rico. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.S., 2004); University of Puerto Rico Law School (J.D., 2007). | | Natalia Morales (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Puerto Rico. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); University of Puerto Rico Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2007); University of Barcelona Law School, Spain (Licenciatura en Derecho, 2007). Clerkship, Panel, Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, 2007-2008; Co-Author, "Tratamiento de la Normativa sobre el precio de transferencia en los activos intangibles," Revista Intangibles, July 2006 (Barcelona, España); Co-Author, "EEUU: Los precios de transferencia y los intangibles", Revista El Fisco, October 2006 (Barcelona, España). | | Monica Rivera (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Puerto Rico. Education: University of Puerto Rico (B.A., 2004); Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Fourth Highest Passing Grade, Puerto Rico Bar Examination, 99th percentile, 2008. |
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